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But whether it is or not, I've never liked the sound of a full-length wood shim. I have made a few for people who have asked too - every one of them killed the tone of the guitar… and every time I've removed one someone else fitted and used a standard end shim it's always improved it. Perhaps 'better' is in the ear of the beholder though, your better might be my worse and vice versa .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Both the 74 P and the 64 P had neck shims in - both looked like they had been there a while.. I removed them from both when setting up, and despite the saddles bottoming out, *to me* they instantly had more snap, more sustain, and more roundness in tone.
Put the shim back in, and it lost that...
So I ordered a full length wood set and tried one in each - got the snap and sustain and roundness back I had when they were without a shim at all. Not completely, but a lot more than with a short shim.
I know we are talking about thousandth's of an inch, but for me, I don't like the idea of a neck being clamped on by 4 wood screws to effectively two very thin pivot points (edge of shim, edge of neck pocket) - sounds like a recipe for movement and stress on those 4 screws...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
@guitarfishbay I think you misunderstood my admittedly somewhat obtuse punctuation. I was proposing a solution for over-long saddle-height-adjustment allen bolts: get shorter ones. "It", in my sentence, did not refer to the OP's thread title (i.e. shimming), but to what followed the colon I used.
I see it now, my eyes must not have been working properly before!